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labourer was killed when a girder fell on him at the Delhi metro rail construction site, the city's rail corporation has said.
This is the third accident in the last 10 days at metro construction sites in the national capital.
The incident took place in the Punjabi Bagh area in west Delhi, a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation spokesman said.
At least six people died when a pillar supporting a partly-built bridge collapsed on 12 July in south Delhi.
A day later three cranes crashed while trying to clear the site.
Delhi's seven year old metro system is the city's pride and joy, offering commuters a clean air-conditioned and swift alternative to overcrowded buses and three wheelers.
'Buckled'
"The labourer was guarding the beam when it hit his shoulder," the Press Trust of India news agency quoted Delhi metro's Chief Public Relations Officer Anuj Dayal as saying.
The injured man was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, he said.
Mr Dayal said that there was no structural collapse in the incident.
The truck-mounted cranes had lifted the girder off the ground when they buckled under the weight, the agency quoted him as saying.
The frequent accidents at metro sites have given rise to fears that safety standards are being compromised in the rush to build new lines, correspondents say.
There is pressure to upgrade Delhi's metro before next year's Commonwealth Games.
On 12 May, a pillar supporting a partly-built bridge collapsed killing six in the city's Zamrudpur area.
The men who died were labourers working on the bridge.
In October, two people were crushed to death and 12 injured when another bridge under construction collapsed on to a bus and cars below.
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